Public opinion polling on coal in Australia

There has been relatively little publicly available public opinion polling on coal in Australia.

Network Ten July 2011 poll
In July 2011 Network Ten commissioned EMC to add a question to its regular opinion poll on the coal industry. The question was "Do you agree or disagree that Australia’s coal industry should be phased out by 2050?". EMC summarised the response as "Respondents were nearly evenly split over whether Australia’s coal industry should be phased out by 2050 – 37% agreed and 39% disagreed. Highest levels of agreement were shown by Greens voters (66%), Labor voters (47%) and those aged under 35 (40%). Highest levels of disagreement were shown by Liberal/National voters (53%) and those aged 55+ (51%)."

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